Jaap van Zweden 28 kg lighter | Stan Huygens Journal

Van Sweden, conductor of the top orchestras New York Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic, told me that through hard training he lost no less than 28 kg. It was on his birthday last Saturday when he played Beethoven’s only opera in the Royal Concertgebouw Fidelio echoed in the empty hall. The thinned out Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Groot Omroepkoor with a handful of soloists celebrated his birthday.

Maestro Van Zweden with his wife Aaltje by his side has the slogan that ‘in life it is not about what you get, but about what you give’, received a special from his Papageno foundation for music lessons and housing for autistic children. artwork: a painted violin in a colorful violin case. He was happy with it. Congratulations again!

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